Quotes

The three greatest things about mid-life: reunions, recoveries and false alarms.

——Bi Feiyu, author

中年最美好的三件事：久別重逢、失而復得、虛驚一場。

——作家畢飛宇

I often tell myself that although at the lowest position you cannot see the beauty of flowers as they bloom, you will never miss the romance of petals as they fall melodiously dancing in the wind.

——Ji Mi, cartoonist

我時常會告訴自己，雖然在最低的位置，看不到花朵綻放時的魅力，卻不會錯過花瓣飄落時在風中悠揚飛舞的浪漫。

——漫畫家幾米

Most people usually act one way when they are by themselves and act a totally different way when they are together with a group of people.

——Chen Zhongshi, author

人往往就是這樣，一個人的時候是一種樣子，好多人聚到一起時完全變成另外一種樣子。

——作家陳忠實

No two rival tigers can exist on the same mountain, as the strong will often become rivals; whereas many sheep can coexist on the same mountain, for the weak can often become friends.

——Gui Jianxiong, fable author

一山不容二虎，強者常常會成為對手；一山能容多羊，弱者往往會成為朋友。

——寓言作家桂劍雄

If you can avoid gossiping, then it would be best not to gossip.If you don’t need to pry, then don’t pry.If you can avoid getting involved in speaking badly about someone behind their back, then don’t get involved.Let yourself be just like a sandy beach, which no matter how big the waves that come are, just softly crash against the sand and retreat little by little.Don’t be like a rock that evokes great splashes even when little waves come.

——Liu Yong, writer and painter

能不傳話，最好不要傳話；能不套話，最好不要套話；能不涉入“背后的批評”，最好不要涉入。讓自己像沙灘，多大的浪來了，也只是輕撫著沙灘，一波波地退去。而不要像巖石，即使小小的浪，也要激起高高的水花。

——劉墉，美籍華人作家、畫家